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David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet

2020

Alastair Fothergill, Jonathan Hughes ...

Documentary, Self: David Attenborough

8.0

2,773

Documentary In his 93 years, David Attenborough has visited every continent on the globe, exploring the wild places of our planet and documenting the living world in all its variety and wonder. Now, for the first time he reflects upon both the defining moments of his lifetime as a naturalist and the devastating changes he has seen.

	Author	Review
United Kingdom	Cath Clarke The Guardian	"Attenborough is here to deliver a stark warning that time is ticking for the planet (...) a short, sharp, shocking 80-minute lesson on global heating (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Tim Robey Telegraph	"There is a whistlestop feel to this trawl through the great naturalist's career, but there is no mistaking its importance and urgency (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Patrick Cremona Radio Times	"[A] powerful and poignant mission statement from a man who remains the best in the business (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Danny Brogan Common Sense Media	"[A] powerful documentary (...) Attenborough calls 'A Life on Our Planet' his witness statement. It's also perhaps his most important film yet."	POS
United States	David Ehrlich IndieWire	"A disjointed spiel that doesn’t gain momentum so much as it enumerates various sources of resentment"	NEU
United States	Natalia Winkelman The New York Times	"The film’s grand achievement is that it positions its subject as a mediator between humans and the natural world"	POS
United States	Brian Lowry CNN	"There's always the risk of sounding preachy in this sort of exercise in a way that scares off those who can be reached, or perhaps worse, being unduly optimistic. Attenborough finds a middle ground"	POS
Ireland	Alan Corr RTÉ	"Attenborough’s deeply personal and deeply moving plea is essential, nay, compulsory viewing (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Ed Cumming The Independent	"Thanks to Attenborough and the thousands of brilliant producers, camera operators, editors, guides and other crew who have worked with him over the decades, we at least know what we are losing (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS

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